Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! Official Guidebook

Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! Official Guidebook
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ISBN: 4840102848
Published: May 1, 2001
Publisher: Media Factory
Author: Pokémon Card Trainers' Editorial Department
Preceded By: Pokémon Card GB Official Guidebook
Succeeded By: N/A

(Japanese: ポケモンカードGB2~GR団参上!オフィシャルガイドブック Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! Official Guidebook) is a strategy guide for Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR! on the Game Boy Color. It also contains an overview for rules of the TCG in general. It was authored by the Pokémon Card Trainers' Editorial Department (ポケモンカードトレーナーズ編集部) under the supervision of Creatures, Inc.. Copies of the book included a Dark Fearow promotional card.

Content

Aside from the main chapters there are also three columns spread out through the guide. They cover quotes by in-game characters, in-battle attack animations, and the Pokémon TCG around the world.

Deck Building Guide

The Deck Building Guide is the opening section of the book, introducing the reader to the principles of deck construction. It explains restrictions, such as the number of the same cards that may be included, and offers strategies based on type Weaknesses/Resistance and different cards that may work well together.

Story Strategy Guide

This section contains a walkthrough of the Pokémon Card GB2 video game. It covers both islands found in the game, TCG Island and GR Island; including strategies for dueling major opponents such as the Club Masters and Fort Leaders. It also contains supplementary material such as a guide to the Challenge Machines and trading with Mr. Ishihara.

Card Collection Guide

This section provides an in-depth guide to the various methods of obtaining cards in the game, as well as a list of which cards are found in each in-game expansion set. Additionally, it lists all the promo cards found in the game and where to obtain them, a guide to all the in-game trades, and details on how to obtain every Coin in the game.

Fun Guide

The Fun Guide contains information on all the activities found in the Game Center. It also contains information on Card Pop!, dueling other players via Game Link Cable, compatibility with the Game Boy Printer, information on in-game characters based on real people, information about cards which were created for the Game Boy Color game but are obtainable in real life, information on the previous game, and deck configurations used by the creators of the game.

Card List

The Card List lists every card in the game, organized as follows:

  1. Grass Pokémon
  2. Fire Pokémon
  3. Water Pokémon
  4. Lightning Pokémon
  5. Psychic Pokémon
  6. Fighting Pokémon
  7. Colorless Pokémon
  8. Trainer cards
  9. Energy cards
  10. Promotional cards
  11. Pokémon Card GB Original Cards
  12. Pokémon Card GB2 Original Cards
  13. Phantom cards


Publications relating to the Pokémon Trading Card Game
Strategy guides: Pokémon Trading Card Game Strategy GuideThe Official Pokémon Trading Card Game Guide
Pokémon Trading Card Game Player's GuidePokémon Trading Card Game Fossil Expansion Player's Guide
Pokémon Trading Card Game Volume 3: Team RocketPokémon Made Simple!Let's Play Pokémon
Team Rocket Strategy GuideGym Heroes Strategy GuideGym Challenge Strategy Guide
Platinum Player's GuidePlasma Storm Player's GuidePlasma Blast Player's GuideXY Player's Guide
Quick Guide to Fire-Type PokémonFurious Fists Player's GuidePhantom Forces Player's GuidePrimal Clash Player's Guide
Roaring Skies Player's GuideAncient Origins Player's GuideBREAKthrough Player's GuideBREAKpoint Player's Guide
Fates Collide Player's GuideGenerations Player's GuideSteam Siege Player's GuideEvolutions Player's Guide
Sun & Moon Player's GuideGuardians Rising Player's GuideBurning Shadows Player's GuideThe Making of Shining Legends
Crimson Invasion Player's GuideUltra Prism Player's GuideForbidden Light Player's GuideCelestial Storm Player's Guide
Dragon Majesty Player's GuideDragon Majesty: Dragons Then and NowLost Thunder Player's GuideTeam Up Player's Guide
Unbroken Bonds Player's GuideUnified Minds Player's GuideHidden Fates Player's GuideCosmic Eclipse Player's Guide
Sword & Shield Player's GuideRebel Clash Player's GuideDarkness Ablaze Player's GuideVivid Voltage Player's Guide
Shining Fates Player's GuideBattle Styles Player's GuideChilling Reign Player's GuideEvolving Skies Player's Guide
Celebrations Player's Guide
Collectors' guides: Beckett Unofficial Guide to Pokémon: 2008 Price GuideBeckett Unofficial Guide To Pokémon Diamond & Pearl
Collecting Pokémon: An Unauthorized Handbook and Price GuidePokémon Collector's Value Guide
Pokémon Unofficial Card Collector's GuideUnofficial Beckett Pokémon Collector Price Guide
Magazines: Beckett Pokémon Unofficial CollectorMonthly Coin Toss: Pokémon Card MagazinePokémon Official Magazine
PoJo's Unofficial Pokémon News & Price Guide MonthlyPokémon Card Fan Club
Manga: Pokémon Card GB The ComixHow I Became a Pokémon CardHimemaru: Pokémon Card ExplorerAim to Be a Card Master!!
Pokémon Card Game Battle ComicExciting Victory! Pokémon Card Game!!Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY!
Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game! Sun & Moon ArcLet's Play the Pokémon Card Game! Sword & Shield Arc
Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game! Scarlet & Violet Arc
Video game guides: Official Pokémon TCG Perfect GuidePokémon Card GB Final Tactical BookPokémon Card GB Official Guidebook
Pokémon Card GB2 Official GuidebookPokémon TCG: Official Nintendo Player's Guide
Pokémon TCG: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Other: Pokémon Card Official Book 2000Pokémon Card Game BW National Illustrated Encyclopedia
Pokémon Card Game BW WorkbookIllust Story


Core series: Pokémon Gold and Silver
Pokémon Ruby and SapphirePokémon FireRed and LeafGreenPokémon Emerald
Pokémon Platinum
Pokémon Black and White (Encyclopedia) • Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Spin-off Pokémon games: Pokémon Trading Card GamePokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!My Pokémon Ranch


  This article is part of both Project TCG and Project Merchandise, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Trading Card Game merchandise.